Analysis of Dogma
I have a god,
an obsession, a way of life.
His constant and ruthless energy
merely reminds me of the past,
as the moment evaporates like a morning dew,
thrusting me into the unforgiving sunlight.
My god has control, I don't;
I pretend and feign,
but this pompous charade
is destroyed by the sight of my bible
which burdens me with guilt
and an unfading regret for the unalterable.
An escape is absolutely impossible,
at least while my heart still beats,
mirroring the patterned hand,
with which my god reigns.
But this too shall pass,
for I, unlike my god, won't last forever.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 10100111 110010100 10011101 101001010101 10101000101 1110111 10101 111001 1011011110 110111 011011001000 10110100100 1111111 1000101 11111 11111 11011111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 559 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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